# visitar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin vīsitāre (“to see, to visit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bi.ziˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vi.ziˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [vi.ziˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Verb

visitar (first-person singular present visito, first-person singular preterite visití, past participle visitat)
* (transitive) to visit
* (pronominal) to visit (with); (of a medical professional) to see
    Ferran i jo ens visitem a la cafeteria de l'hotel.Ferran and I are visiting in the hotel café.
    Tots els meus germans i jo ens visitem amb la mateixa metgessa.All my siblings and I see the same doctor.

#### Derived terms

* visita
* visitable

#### Related terms

* visitació
* visitador
* visitant

### Further reading

* “visitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “visitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “visitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “visitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese visitar, from Latin vīsitāre (“to see, to visit”).

### Verb

visitar (first-person singular present visito, first-person singular preterite visitei, past participle visitado)
* (transitive) to visit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* visita
* visitación
* visitador
* visitante

### Further reading

* “visitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.siˈtar/

### Verb

visitar
* to visit

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | visitar | visitar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | visitante | visitate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | visita | ha visitate |
| active | past | visitava | habeva visitate |
| active | future | visitara | habera visitate |
| active | conditional | visitarea | haberea visitate |
| active | imperative | visita | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es visitate | ha essite visitate |
| passive | past | esseva visitate | habeva essite visitate |
| passive | future | essera visitate | habera essite visitate |
| passive | conditional | esserea visitate | haberea essite visitate |
| passive | imperative | sia visitate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese visitar, from Latin vīsitāre (“to see, to visit”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vi.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [vi.ziˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vi.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [vi.ziˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vi.ziˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vi.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [vi.ziˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vi.ziˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vi.ziˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vi.ziˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bi.ziˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vi.ziˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: vi‧si‧tar
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)

### Verb

visitar (first-person singular present visito, first-person singular preterite visitei, past participle visitado)
* to visit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* visita
* visitante

### Further reading

* “visitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin vīsitāre (“to see, to visit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bisiˈtaɾ/ [bi.siˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: vi‧si‧tar

### Verb

visitar (first-person singular present visito, first-person singular preterite visité, past participle visitado)
* to visit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* visita
* visitante

#### Descendants

* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱bisitöroa

#### Further reading

* “visitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10